savoir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- can verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
- find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
- know verb To have information about something, or to be certain that something is true.
- knowledge noun Information, understanding, or awareness gained through experience, study, or being told.
Senses
savoir is used for these senses in English:
- can (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.
- find out (transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
- know (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
- know (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- know (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
- know (transitive) To have indexed and have information about within one's database.
- know (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- knowledge The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. [from 16th c.]
can — full definition
- verb To be able to do something, or to know how to do it.
- verb Used to say something is allowed or permitted.
- noun A sealed metal container, especially for food or drink.
- verb To preserve food by sealing it in an airtight can or jar.
- verb Informally, to dismiss someone from a job, or to scrap a plan.
find out — full definition
- phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
- phrasal verb To detect someone in a lie, crime or deception, so that their behaviour becomes known.